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Posted on Apr 04, 2024 by linsuiTWIF generated on Thursday, 04 Apr 2024, Week 14
F-Droid core
Client development marches on in many areas, while targetsdk upgrades might be an ever constant change we have to deal with, other more fun areas are tackled also, like theming (soon more š) or repository management. 1.19
brought a new workflow for adding a repository or its mirrors, and now, the already released F-Droid Client and F-Droid Basic 1.20.0-alpha0
are reworking the way repositories are presented in whole, from a simple way to reorder them to adding a per-app selector to mark as favorite a certain repository.
The eager developer already spilled the beans in a Fedi post with pics and videos to see it all in action. As usual, we encourage supporters to try out the new app (expand Versions and install, or enable beta updates in upper right menu) and to provide feedback.
Another thing that will have future impact, āCustom Anti-Features are now enabled by defaultā. Meaning that repositories that add their own anti-features will have their apps shown instead of them being hidden initially. Also contributors are working towards splitting NonFreeNet
into TetheredNet
so that apps that depend on self-hostable FOSS servers donāt get flagged in the same way, and this is a first step. Since this setting is enabled on a fresh install only and as a general advice, even if you are not going to test the newest alpha, you can enable this anti-feature now in Settings so when TetheredNet
is added, apps donāt mysteriously disappear. We will announce this again as we get closer and as needed.
The news above is about the latest Client, but many users are still on older Android versions, and while Licaon_Kterās rant last week might have not reached many eyes as it was hidden in news about XMPP clients, those users are currently seeing their other apps stop connecting to many websites, yes even F-Droid to itās own repository or Fedilab to the Fediverse servers. Why? Because Letās Encrypt (the certificate authority), who made possible for more and more websites to use their free certificates, did some changes in 2020 and Android 7 and older devices are not able to use those new certificates. Weāve updated our Running on old Android versions page to guide you on how to add the intermediary certificate and fix this for the whole device.
In website news, the locale fix is still an ongoing battle, but we made the website layout leaner on the package pages to highlight the app that is featured, without distractions. More changes are planned.
Community News
Back in January we welcomed a new video editor, this week another one joins in, Bunny Media Editor, Media editor: edit images and videos on your phone.
Secreto is now known as Sekreto, so if youāve installed it under the old name, please uninstall it and reinstall.
Removed Apps
2 apps were removed
- CineLog got all its versions disabled as it depends on a non-FOSS library. (upstream issue)
- condense press news stopped working and it was archived. (#3225)
Newly Added Apps
10 more apps were newly added
- Chrono - A modern and powerful clock, alarms, timer and stopwatch
- Discord Timestamp Inserter - Input method for quickly inserting Discord timestamps
- Doodle Dudette - Doodle, drawing and painting for children
- Fossify Clock - Handy, lightweight, open-source clock app with essential features
- Meshtastic - An inexpensive open-source GPS mesh radio for hiking, skiing, flying, marching
- osm2gmaps - Convert your links from OpenStreetMap-based applications to Google Maps links!
- PiliPalaX - A third-party Bilibili client developed in Flutter
- Veil - Privacy focused wallet - Privacy focused VEIL coin crypto wallet
- Widget for Trelloā¢ - As the name says, add it on your Home screen
- Xournal++ viewer - An app capable of opening and displaying .xopp files
Updated Apps
206 more apps were updated
- 1List - Simple Lists for TODO, Shopping, Moviesā¦ was updated from
1.3.1
to1.4.2
- Acode editor - Android code editor was updated from
1.10.0
to1.10.0
- Activity Launcher was updated from
2.0.0
to2.0.1
- addy.io (formerly AnonAddy) was updated from
v5.1.0
tov5.2.1
- Aegis Authenticator was updated from
2.2.2
to3.0.1
- AgoraDesk: buy BTC anonymously was updated from
1.1.25
to1.1.29
- Alexandria was updated from
0.3.0
to0.3.2
- Alovoa was updated from
1.9.1
to1.10.0
- AndBible: Bible Study was updated from
5.0.803
to5.0.804
- AniHyou - AniList client was updated from
1.2.5
to1.2.5-1
- AntennaPod was updated from
3.2.0
to3.3.2
- aTalk was updated from
3.4.0
to4.0.1
- Audile was updated from
1.4.1
to1.4.2
- AVNC was updated from
2.4.1
to2.4.2
- Bangle.js Gadgetbridge was updated from
0.79.1-banglejs
to0.80.0-banglejs
- Barcode Scanner was updated from
1.21.0
to1.22.0
- baresip+ was updated from
47.0.0
to47.1.0
- baresip was updated from
60.0.0
to60.1.0
- BetterCounter was updated from
4.4.1
to4.5.0
- Binary Eye was updated from
1.63.4
to1.63.5
- Blitz: Fischer Chess Clock was updated from
1.5.4
to1.7.8
- Blitzortung Lightning Monitor was updated from
2.2.2
to2.2.3
- BoltOn was updated from
6
to7
- Brainf was updated from
20230828
to20240330
- Briar was updated from
1.5.9
to1.5.10
- c3nav was updated from
4.2.5
to4.3.2
- Cache Cleaner was updated from
1.11.1
to1.11.2
- Calyx VPN was updated from
1.2.0
to1.3.0RC1
- Cardboard Museum was updated from
2.1.0
to2.2.0
- Child Monitor was updated from
1.2
to1.3
- Chroma Doze was updated from
4.2
to4.3
- CIFS Documents Provider was updated from
2.1.1
to2.2.0
- Clipious was updated from
1.19.1
to1.19.2
- Closet-Archive was updated from
1.0
to1.0.3
- Conversations was updated from
2.14.0-beta.3+free
to2.14.1+free
- Cuberite was updated from
1.6.2
to1.6.3
- Currencies: Exchange Rate Calculator was updated from
1.22.0
to1.22.1
- Delta Icon Pack was updated from
1.8.9
to1.9.0
- Discreet Launcher was updated from
v7.4.1
tov7.5.0
- drip. menstrual cycle and fertility tracking was updated from
1.2311.14
to1.2403.19
- Droid-ify was updated from
0.6.1
to0.6.2
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated from
5.193.1
to5.194.0
- Eat Poop You Cat was updated from
1.1.2
to1.2.0
- EBT New Note was updated from
0.71.0
to0.75.0
- EinkBro was updated from
11.6.0
to11.6.1
- Enhanced Music Controller Lite was updated from
1.31
to1.32
- Etar - OpenSource Calendar was updated from
1.0.41
to1.0.42
- EweSticker was updated from
20230828
to20240322
- FairEmail was updated from
1.2169
to1.2171
- Fast N Fitness was updated from
0.20.5.1
to0.20.6
- F-Droid Build Status was updated from
5.2.0
to5.3.0
- Fedilab was updated from
3.28.1
to3.28.2
- Fennec F-Droid was updated from
124.0.0
to124.1.0
- FHCode was updated from
20230820
to20240331
- Flux News was updated from
1.3.6
to1.3.8
- Forkyz Scanner was updated from
4
to6
- FreeCell4 was updated from
1.9
to2.1
- Fruity Game was updated from
2.5
to2.6
- FTPClient was updated from
2.9.2
to2.9.3
- Fulguris Web Browser was updated from
1.9.24
to1.9.30
- Gadgetbridge was updated from
0.79.1
to0.80.0
- Gallery was updated from
2.1.0
to2.1.1
- Geekttrss was updated from
1.6.6
to1.6.7
- Geto was updated from
1.15.1
to1.15.3
- Ghost Commander was updated from
1.63b1
to1.63b4
- GPSLogger was updated from
129
to130
- GraphHopper Maps was updated from
1.4.0
to1.5.0
- Green Pass PDF Wallet was updated from
3.4.4
to4.0.0
- GreenStash was updated from
3.1.0
to3.2.0
- GuessIron was updated from
4.0
to5.0
- Hacki for Hacker News was updated from
2.7.1
to2.7.2
- Hail was updated from
1.8.0
to1.8.1
- Halma was updated from
11.0
to13.0
- Het Saldo was updated from
1.1.0
to1.1.1
- HexViewer was updated from
1.52
to1.53
- HTTP Request Shortcuts was updated from
3.9.0
to3.10.0
- Iconeration was updated from
1.4.2
to1.4.4
- Identify Dog Breeds Pro was updated from
25
to27
- IITC-CE Mobile was updated from
0.38.0
to0.38.1
- Immich was updated from
1.99.0
to1.100.0
- Inure App Manager (Trial) was updated from
Build100.2.6
toBuild100.3.0
- IYPS was updated from
1.4.6
to1.5.1
- Jami was updated from
20240308-01
to20240321-01
- Jass board was updated from
4.1.1
to4.1.2
- Jerboa for Lemmy was updated from
0.0.63
to0.0.64
- Joplin was updated from
2.14.9
to3.0.1
- jtx Board journals¬es&tasks was updated from
2.07.01.ose
to2.07.02.ose
- Kanji Dojo was updated from
2.0.2
to2.0.3
- Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered was updated from
1.4.4
to1.4.5
- KeePassVault was updated from
1.3.1
to1.4.0
- Keep it up was updated from
1.2.0
to1.3.0
- Keep Screen On was updated from
1.16.2
to1.17.0
- KeyPass was updated from
1.4.23
to1.4.25
- KƵnele was updated from
1.8.14
to1.9.16
- Kotatsu was updated from
6.8
to6.8.3
- LibreTube was updated from
0.22.1
to0.22.2
- Liedgutverzeichnis was updated from
2.44
to2.47
- Linwood Butterfly was updated from
2.1.0-beta.2
to2.1.0-beta.3
- Little File Explorer was updated from
4.14
to4.15
- LocalMonero: buy XMR privately was updated from
1.1.25
to1.1.29
- M.A.L.P. was updated from
1.3.0
to1.3.1
- Massive was updated from
2.32
to2.33
- Mauth was updated from
0.7.0
to0.8.0
- Meditation was updated from
1.3.2
to1.4.2
- MedTimer was updated from
1.3.0
to1.5.1
- Memories: Photo Management for Nextcloud was updated from
1.6
to1.8
- Mercurygram was updated from
10.8.1.0
to10.9.1.0
- Mill was updated from
4.0.9
to4.1.0
- Mirror was updated from
1.1.1
to1.2.0
- mLauncher was updated from
1.4.1
to1.4.4
- Money Manager Ex was updated from
2024.03.19
to2024.04.01
- monocles chat was updated from
1.7.9.4
to1.7.9.5
- Mull was updated from
124.0.0
to124.1.0
- Museum of a broken API was updated from
0.8
to0.8.1
- Musify was updated from
7.6.2
to2024.3.24
- My Expenses was updated from
3.7.7
to3.7.9
- Myne: Download & Read eBooks was updated from
3.1.0
to3.2.5
- News Reader was updated from
1.0.3
to1.0.4
- Nextcloud Cookbook was updated from
0.14.6
to0.15.0
- Nextcloud Dev was updated from
20240321
to20240402
- Nextcloud was updated from
3.28.0
to3.28.1
- Nextcloud Notes was updated from
4.1.0
to4.2.0
- NextDNS Manager was updated from
4.11.3
to5.0.4
- NLWeer was updated from
1.10.0
to1.10.1
- ntodotxt was updated from
0.7.0
to0.8.0
- Obtainium was updated from
1.0.6
to1.1.0
- Odyssey Music Player was updated from
1.2.4
to1.3.0
- OpenAthenaā¢ for Android was updated from
0.19.9
to0.20.0
- openHAB was updated from
3.11.0
to3.12.0
- OpenMoneyBox was updated from
3.4.2.9
to3.4.2.10
- Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline was updated from
2024.03.05-4-FDroid
to2024.03.31-8-FDroid
- Orion Viewer - Pdf & Djvu was updated from
0.90.0
to0.90.1
- Outfield was updated from
3
to4
- P2Play - Peertube client was updated from
0.5.2
to0.6.0
- Pachli was updated from
2.3.0
to2.4.0
- Password Generator was updated from
1.6.0
to1.7.0
- Passy - cross-platform password manager was updated from
1.7.0
to1.8.0
- PCAPdroid was updated from
1.7.0
to1.7.1
- Peristyle was updated from
1.36_beta
to1.38_beta
- Persian Calendar was updated from
9.1.1
to9.1.2
- PlainApp: File & Web Access was updated from
1.2.41
to1.2.42
- Planes Android was updated from
0.4.1.1
to0.4.2
- ProtonVPN - Secure and Free VPN was updated from
5.1.51.3
to5.1.82.0
- QRAlarm was updated from
1.5.12
to1.6
- QR Scanner (PFA) was updated from
4.5.9
to4.6.0
- Quicksy was updated from
2.13.5+free
to2.14.1+free
- QuickWeather was updated from
2.6.4
to2.6.5
- Rethink: DNS + Firewall + VPN was updated from
v0.5.5c
tov0.5.5d
- RetroArch was updated from
1.17.0
to1.18.0
- Ricochlime was updated from
1.1.3
to1.3.0
- RiMusic was updated from
0.6.24
to0.6.28.1
- Saber was updated from
0.21.2
to0.21.3
- Safe Space was updated from
1.4.5
to1.4.6
- Sapio was updated from
1.2.2
to1.3.1
- SaveTo.Downloader was updated from
1.9
to1.11
- Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated from
2.8.2
to2.8.3
- SDAI FOSS was updated from
0.6.0
to0.6.1
- Shader Editor was updated from
2.32.0
to2.33.2
- Simon Tathamās Puzzles was updated from
2024-03-10-2312-80aac310-fdroid
to2024-03-29-2245-fd304c53-fdroid
- SimpleReminder was updated from
0.9.12
to0.9.13
- SimpleX Chat was updated from
5.5.6
to5.6
- sing-box was updated from
1.8.9
to1.8.10
- SiYuan was updated from
3.0.4
to3.0.5
- Soothing Noise Player was updated from
1.0.4
to1.0.8
- SpMp was updated from
0.3.0
to0.3.1
- Standard Notes was updated from
3.192.1
to3.192.9
- Sugarizer was updated from
1.7.0
to1.8.0
- Table Habit was updated from
1.10.6
to1.11.0
- Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders was updated from
13.7
to13.8.1
- Tempo was updated from
3.7.0
to3.8.1
- The Light was updated from
3.79
to3.80
- Threema Libre was updated from
5.2.3l
to5.2.4l
- Thumb-Key was updated from
2.6.9
to2.7.2
- TimeLapseCam was updated from
1.5
to1.6
- TimeLimit.io was updated from
6.18.0
to6.19.0
- TopoSuite was updated from
1.4.0-beta.3
to1.4.0-beta.4
- Torrents-csv-android was updated from
2.2.1
to2.2.2
- Tower Collector was updated from
2.14.5
to2.14.6
- Traccar Client was updated from
7.2
to7.3
- Traditional T9 was updated from
28.0
to29.0
- TransektCount was updated from
4.0.2
to4.0.3
- TrƤwelldroid was updated from
2.7.0
to2.7.1
- Trekarta was updated from
2024.03.13
to2024.03.22
- TRIfA was updated from
1.0.226
to1.0.229
- Tuner was updated from
6.7.0
to6.8.0
- Tuta Mail was updated from
220.240319.2
to220.240321.0
- Unciv was updated from
4.10.21
to4.10.22
- uNote - microNote was updated from
1.7.0
to1.7.1
- usageDirect was updated from
0.8
to0.8.1
- Valv was updated from
1.7.0
to1.8.0
- Vernet - Network Analyzer was updated from
1.0.4
to1.0.5
- Vespucci was updated from
19.3.5.0
to20.0.0.0
- Vinyl Music Player was updated from
1.8.2
to1.9.0
- Voyager for Lemmy was updated from
2.0.0
to2.3.0
- Warpinator for Android (unofficial) was updated from
1.7
to1.7.1
- Wave Lines Live Wallpaper was updated from
1.13.3
to1.13.4
- WG Tunnel was updated from
3.3.9
to3.4.0
- whoBIRD was updated from
2.5
to2.6
- Wulkanowy was updated from
2.5.2
to2.5.5
- wX was updated from
55872
to55877
- Xed Editor was updated from
1.1.1
to1.1.4
- Xray was updated from
6.4.0
to6.5.0
- Xtra was updated from
2.30.4
to2.30.6
- YacGuide Dev was updated from
20230409
to20240326
- Yatoo was updated from
0.6.0
to0.7.0
- ę·č“ę¼«ē» was updated from
2.2.7
to2.2.8
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